Kerwin v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1974
Citation profile
1
cited by 1 later decisions
1
states following
November 1975
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Roviaro v. United States · 156 W. Va. 409 - State v. McArdle · State v. Dougherty · Bosley v. State
Most-quoted passages
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“(T)he defendants were the two persons in this world who were uniquely aware that they were not involved in the sale of drugs . . . and having this knowledge they were entitled to its inspection . They are the only persons who knew that they had not sold a controlled substance, and therefore they were denied that which was needed in the ascertainment of truth.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Gaddis
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